Tulare vs Visalia

A side-by-side comparison of Tulare and Visalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Tulare and Visalia are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Visalia has the higher population (142,649 vs 69,984 in Tulare). Visalia has the higher median household income ($79,952 vs $69,517 in Tulare). Visalia has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $301,200 in Tulare).

Population, income & housing

	Tulare	Visalia
Population	69,984	142,649
Median age	29.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,517	$79,952
Median home value	$301,200	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,397
Housing units	21,514	48,737
Homeownership rate	58.5%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tulare	Visalia
Population	63,547 → 69,984 (+10.1%)	132,104 → 142,649 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$54,037 → $69,517 (+28.6%)	$62,263 → $79,952 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$207,000 → $301,200 (+45.5%)	$236,400 → $340,600 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,354 (+28.3%)	$1,050 → $1,397 (+33.0%)

Tulare

Population

63,54769,984

Median household income

$54,037$69,517

Median home value

$207,000$301,200

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,354

Visalia

Population

132,104142,649

Median household income

$62,263$79,952

Median home value

$236,400$340,600

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tulare	Visalia
Under 5	8.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.7%
75 and over	3.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tulare	Visalia
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	36.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	63.5%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tulare	Visalia
No high school diploma	23.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tulare	Visalia
Drove alone	82.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tulare	Visalia
1-unit, detached	78.3%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Tulare	Visalia
Poverty rate	18.0%	11.3%
Average household size	3.39	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1990	1987